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Originally Posted by SeanFitz
But if the main breaker trips at 120, how does a drive train even run at all. Wouldn't 4 CIMs be running at 160 amps for the whole match?
(Again, not an electrical engineer, just a confused mechanical one  )
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The CIMs don't need to run at full power all the time, only when they are in a pushing match or similar situation. When a robot is at rest, the CIMs actually use no power.